Dirtyfingers' build thread..

[NateMob]

Enjoy your R&R bud, and try getting the rear coils in by disconnecting the sway. With a crowbar to help provide leverage, i bet you get them installed no problem. Even easier with a buddy to help out, most everything i do, i do the wrenching myself, so i have to get creative sometimes.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Enjoy your R&R bud, and try getting the rear coils in by disconnecting the sway. With a crowbar to help provide leverage, i bet you get them installed no problem. Even easier with a buddy to help out, most everything i do, i do the wrenching myself, so i have to get creative sometimes.

Yeah same here, tomorrow is a day off after I get my alignment and wheels put on. Haha I now the creative part trust me, being an engineer is teaching me all about that haha

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Not much done today, just for the wheels put on. They look awesome!

 

[5RUNNERZ]

I want to see that back bumper on !!!!!

 

[Dirtyfingers]

I want to see that back bumper on !!!!!

Stand by haha I'm about to start on the body lift then work my way on painting it.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Dang I can not get this rear lift in to save my life. Is there anyone in the katy Texas area that would be able to help me out? All my friends are off in school-.-

 

[JohnBill53]

Dang I can not get this rear lift in to save my life. Is there anyone in the katy Texas area that would be able to help me out? All my friends are off in school-.-

I did mine alone, upper shock mounts are a bastard eh? I had to soak them in wd40, ended up breaking one of the stock shocks aswell, other than that if you're down for some sketchyness I just used a crowbar to get the springs in. I'm assuming these are the things that are causing you problems?

 

[cdrewferd]

I ended up breaking my upper shock studs. I put the socket on, then took a big pair of channel locks, grabbed the upper shock body and twisted. Once they were off, disconnect the sway bar and you should be able to have somebody step on the axle to weigh it down. Then the stock shocks should come out easy. Same for the new ones.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

I would do but I don't have a damned floor jack.

 

[JohnBill53]

I would do but I don't have a damned floor jack.

That would indeed cause a problem...:bolt:

you can rent one from autozone hahaha

 

[Dirtyfingers]

It's okay I put the bottle under it, jacked it up till the wheels were about an inch and a half off the ground and put jacks on each side then took the tires off.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Saws all is coming out.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Right side on, left side 50% done, pics soon, just updating cause my bottle jack just popped out from between the frame and the axle and got me on the side of the head, I think if I was an inch closer I would have gotten knocked out haha. Time for a break.

 

[NateMob]

Go buy a floor jack dude, you are going to kill yourself monkeying around with that bottle jack! Glad you are at least making some progress.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Alright. I apologize Nate, I would have if I had known this crap would be so stubborn, but lift is on and it just needs to be torqued by the shop, I don't have the tools to do it here, but it's taller then my now. They grow up so fast!

 

[JohnBill53]

Right side on, left side 50% done, pics soon, just updating cause my bottle jack just popped out from between the frame and the axle and got me on the side of the head, I think if I was an inch closer I would have gotten knocked out haha. Time for a break.

Holy hell, glad you're okay man haha

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Thank you, I am too but about 20minutes after that happened my mom came home so I wouldn't have been on the floor too long haha, lessons well learned.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Sneak peek at what I'm working on, thank you @CBI offroad, you guys really put a lot into your products.

 

[NateMob]

The bedliner is going to look cool, I can't remember any other 3rd Gen that bedlined a set of aftermarket bumpers.

 

[Dirtyfingers]

The bedliner is going to look cool, I can't remember any other 3rd Gen that bedlined a set of aftermarket bumpers.

Thanks haha it looks good on the front bumper. I figured might as well be unique after I bought bumpers that a bunch of people have. Break away from the clique eh?